The Major Samuel Goodwin Project

An attempt to identify and collect records for the descendants of Major Samuel Goodwin and Elizabeth Willard who settled Dresden (formerly Pownalborough), Maine, in the 1750s. For each person referenced in the blog, I cite their pedigree back to Major Samuel for clarification.

Farewell sweet bud of innocence
In all thy beauty sleep.
Twas not for eyes as breight as thine
Life’s bitter tears to weep.
Who would recall thy banished smiles
And all thy nameless grace.
That wrapt thee with a mantle bright
And lift its heavenly trace.

Emeline Curtis Goodwin was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Angelina E. Goodwin, whose headstones we saw last week. She is a descendant of Major Samuel Goodwin thus: Thomas J., George, Samuel Jr., Samuel. I do not have a reference for her birth, but her death on March 19, 1838, is listed in the Dresden town and vital records on page 102. She is buried in the Court House cemetery.